Old Clee
| Old Clee | |
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 Church Lane, Old Clee |
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 Old Clee
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| Old Clee shown within Lincolnshire | |
| OS grid reference | TA293084 |
| • London | 140 mi (230 km) S |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Grimsby |
| Postcode district | DN32 |
| Police | Humberside |
| Fire | Humberside |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament | |
Old Clee is located in the Clee Road (A46) and Carr Lane area of eastern Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England, and adjoins the neighbouring town of Cleethorpes, to which it has historic links. It is in the Heneage ward of the North East Lincolnshire Unitary Council. Previously a separate village, its parish church of Holy Trinity and Saint Mary, claimed to be the oldest building in Grimsby, has a Saxon tower dating from 1050 AD. Located in the area are the Old Clee infants/junior schools (Colin Avenue) and the Havelock Academy (Holyoake Road). Nearby is the King George V Stadium.
The settlement of Clee was in existence by the time of the Norman Conquest and is mentioned in the Domesday Book, as a village of over twenty households, held by brothers Erik and Tosti in 1066, and by Odo, half-brother of William the Conqueror, following the conquest. Its Domesday Book name was Cleia, from the Old English for clay, in reference to the area's soil.
Clee was one of six villages, or thorpes, within a wider ancient parish, also called Clee. Of the six villages, only Old Clee, as it is now known, and, to the west, Weelsby, remain. The north-western village of Holme, or South Holm, is now part of Grimsby, while the eastern villages of Hole or Oole, Itterby and Thrunscoe joined to form the town of Cleethorpes.
The southern boundary with Humberston was at Buck Beck. It had long been settled by Saxon fishermen and their families. Unfortunately for the Saxon settlements, Viking raiders frequently pillaged the area after landing on the Promenade which led off from the North side of Ooles' slipway. After the original inhabitants of Oole were resettled to nearby Thrunscoe, the Vikings immediately set about making Oole and its sandy beaches and slipway into a forward base from which they could attack up and down the Eastern coast of England from the River Humber and also upriver as far as Scunny, which they soon conquered and had its name changed to Scunthorpe. Within twenty years it became a central hub of the Danelaw. The latter three settlements later joined to form the town of Cleethorpes.
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